I am so busy at the moment and I'm very sorry for not having written for ages.As a result this missive is going to be random bullet points as I remember them and there will be no chronology to it at all…….so here goes. 1 - Halloween was a blast.My skeleton costume and scary make up went down a storm.We did a pub crawl going from bar to bar and were the subject of much gawping and many photographs from both locals and tourists alike.There were about 60 of u...

Hi again and so sorry for the delay in writing but we've had some days off for public holidays and the computers at the guest house are broken!! Lots to tell, but I'll have to do it gradually.......so I'll start with the trip to the fish and egg farm. New Hope has had some donations from a guy called Tony Munroe who's from Australia, is sort of semi-retired and has money, which he is putting into developing the farms. The chickens were delivered a couple of we...

I've been asked to give a brief explanation of what we do at New Hope and what exactly it is. New Hope is a community centre situated in Mondul Bai village, one of the poorest slum areas in Siem Reap, even Cambodia. It was started by KemSour, a local man and has since grown and is now run by Kerry also. She came over as a volunteer from Australia and has stayed. The community consists of army families, karaoke/sex workers and displaced men, women and children. ...

Okey, dokey…….another update on the job front.I have turned down the job at the 'posh' school after being offered slightly less money by Kerry at New Hope.I dithered, but decided that I came back because I want to be at New Hope and so I should stay there as the opportunity has arisen.I'm definitely going to have to stick to my miniscule budget, but it's great to feel wanted at New Hope.The other side of things is that this is very definitely where my heart i...

OK, onto the bad stuff and trust me it’s pretty depressing. Rosanne and I went out on Saturday night and had a lovely meal at our favourite Khmer restaurant when we got a text inviting us over to a friend’s place, so off we went. We were there about an hour before we decided to head back into town for some fun and frollicks………………………which we certainly did not get! We managed to get a tuk tuk despite being quite a way from town and just as ...